SUMMARY MINUTES OF MEETING UN-NGO-Donor-Red Cross-Government Coordination Meeting Tuesday, 16 June 2015 Chaired by: Rajan Gengaje, Head of OCHA (Full presentations are available on the OCHA website)

The meeting was opened by Douglas Broderick, UN Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator. He briefed on the planned reconfiguration of OCHA’s presence in Indonesia on 1 July 2015 noting that OCHA will remain focused on supporting the Government of Indonesia and humanitarian community on preparedness and response, and also enhancing liaison with ASEAN. The RC/HC further highlighted some of the current challenges that global humanitarian action is facing. The number and scale of global humanitarian crises are exceeding resources available. International humanitarian community needs to be more innovative and find new ways to generate the resources needed to meet growing humanitarian needs.

1. Security Update – UNDSS In Heram, Abepura, Papua, a joint security team was deployed to the residential compound following a mob attack that killed two and critically injured another on 8 June 2015. Ten houses and eight motorcycles were also burnt in the incident. In , the police clashed with four armed men in suspected as the members of an armed group led by Din Minimi.

2. Humanitarian Update – UNOCHA BNPB reported that as of 7 June 2015, 695 disaster events occurred between January to April 2015. In May 2015 alone, BNPB reported 28 events with a total of 21 casualties and hundreds of houses damaged. Floods are the most common natural disaster while landslides are the second most frequent natural disaster with the higest number of casualties (19 people). During 2012-2014, the number of casualties and people affected by natural disasters had increased. The Java Island, particularly Central Java, remained highly prone to hydro- meteorogical disasters.

Year Number of Number of Most common disaster events* casualties* disaster events* 2012 1,790 320 Whirlwinds 2013 1,707 461 Floods 2014 1,559 490 Whirlwinds 2015** 781 112 Floods ** These figures are indicative and may be subject to change based on subsequent revision by GoI *Data for the period of Jan.-May 2015. The data still does not include the number from June 2015 as BNPB is still verifying them.

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Volcano Update: On 12 May, Mt. Karangetang in North Sulawesi erupted volcanic ash, hot clouds and lava. Approximately 454 families were displaced and are currently staying at four churches in the area. Aside from damage buildings, the agriculture fields were also damaged by the hot clouds and volcanic ash. The local BPBD has requested the affected families to not leave the temporary shelter to return to their homes as the condition of the volcano is still unstable after eruption. Plans to relocate the communities living within the danger zone are being discussed with the provincial government.

Mt. Sinabung is currently at the highest level of alert for volcano, i.e. Level 4. There are 10.377 people (2.762 households) spread across ten IDP centers. These IDPs come not only from villages at the south and southeast areas from the crater but also from north, east and north-east areas. In several centers, the number of IDPs is relatively high up to some 2,728 people or 666 HH in Tongkoh and Tahura community centers. Meanwhile, there are 2,054 HH (or 6,179 people from Sukameriah, Bekerah, Simacem, Kuta Tonggal, Berastepu, and Gamber villages) staying at the temporary shelter since June 2014 until today. The Government has rented houses and agricultural land for them for further relocation to safer places. The Head of Karo District has already set up the emergency response phase for period 2 June - 6 July 2015.

BNPB has developed post disaster action plan for rehabilitation and reconstruction of 2,053 households. The plan for accelerated development works is also being prepared. There are obvious challenges in securing land. So far, GoI has provided Rp.1.49 trillion for Sinabung emergency response.

There is no call for international assistance. The GoI however, welcomes any assistance provided by organizations within the country. Assistance will need to be coordinated with BPBD. The contact is Bapak Subur, Head of BPBD Karo District, Cellphone 081260106608.

3. Update on development of the National Response Framework – Medi Herlianto, Director for Preparedness, BNPB The Government Regulation Number 21 Year 2008 generated from the Disaster Management Law Number 24 Year of 2007 has already stipulated the need for the GoI to develop a plan for emergency response (Article 16 - Rencana Penanggulangan Kedaruratan Bencana), which is translated into a National Response Framework (NRF). NRF is being developed under the bilateral cooperation programmes between the Government of Indonesia through BNPB and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and MFAT New Zealand. The MoU was signed on April 10, 2015. The main scope of cooperation is on disaster risk management and covers: o Exchange of information in the field of disaster management; o Technical assistance, training and capacity building in disaster management; o Assistance for response and recovery from disaster, if deemed necessary;

2 The Steering Committee is co-chaired by BNPB and the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture. The scope of NRF includes o Determination of activities needed in emergency response, as well as its sequence; o Identification of line ministers or other institutions, focal points, and coordinator; o Mechanism, networking among the actors, and responsibilities. The NRF will also include the operationalization of the Incident Command System as well as cluster arrangement. It is expected that the NRF will be finalized in 2016 in the form of a presidential regulation.. Expectedly, the NRF will also include the issue of disaster levelling (district/municipality, provincial, and national level of disaster). BNPB expects support from various stakeholders including the international community and private sector.

OCHA informed that on the issue of ICS and cluster system, OCHA Regional Office in Bangkok is in discussion with USAID to organise a workshop possibly in October with humanitarian regional networks on ICS – Clusters and how they complement each other.

4. AOB Update on Rohingya migrants situation in Aceh and North Sumatera by: - Yohpy Ichsan Wardhana, Deputy Director for Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; - Moh. Syafei Nasution, Head of Sub-directorate for Cooperation, Ministry of Social Affairs; - Medi Herlianto, Director for Preparedness, BNPB - Thomas Vargas, Country Director, UNHCR

Yohpy Ichsan Wardhana, Deputy Director for Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) The Rohingya cases is very complex involving migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, human trafficking and trans- boundary crimes. We will need global efforts to solve the problem. Highlights: o Currently there are 12,145 people including 7,101 refugees and 5,044 migrants in Indonesia. 50% are from Afghanistan (6,176). o Data from immigration: 1,809 immigrants in Aceh and Medan. More people are expected to come as it is believed that around 6,000 people are still stranded at sea. Efforts have been made by Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia to deal with the crisis. o Indonesia is not a party to the UN Refugee Convention. Yet GoI continue to provide assistance and shelter to the refugees. Support is needed not only from the countries in the region but also from the international community (as it involves the country of origin and country of destination).

3 o Diplomatic efforts: . The Indonesia Thailand and Malaysia Foreign Ministers met in May 2015.. In a joint statement, Indonesia and Malaysia said they would continue temporarily shelter the Rohingya migrants, but further action was required to address the root causes of the crisis. It was agreed that joint efforts are needed to identify the root causes of the migrants. In the joint communique, it was noted the importance of involvement of regional organizations, particularly ASEAN. . Indonesia MoFA sent a letter to Myanmar on how to deal with the root causes of the migration crisis. The Minister of Foreign Affairs also visited Myanmar and they agreed on the issue of the development of Rakhine state. GoI will continue to work with Myanmar. o Anumber of countries pledged to help Indonesia, including. Saudi Arabia (US$10-20 million) and Qatar (US$50 million). o On 15 June, a meeting was held between Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA), BNPB, and Ministry of Finance to discuss the mechanism for providing assistance to Rohingya migrants without using the national budget.

Moh. Syafei Nasution, Head of Sub-directorate for Cooperation, Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA): Based on the Government Regulation Number 2 Year 2015 and DM Action Plan 2010-2014, MoSA is mandated to fulfil the basic needs of disaster-affected people. For Rohingya migrants, MOSA has allocated Rp.2.3 billion, mobilized 160 volunteers to support the distribution of relief items.

MoSA expects the organizations who would like to provide assistance (particularly as we are facing the fasting month, Ramadhan) to coordinate with their officials as follows: o Head of Provincial Office for Social Affairs, Bapak Hudri, 081269653141 o Head of Office for Social Affairs Kota , Bapak Mursyidin, 085262516392 o Head of Office for Social Affairs North Aceh District, Bapak Jalani, 085222394939 o Secretary of Aceh Province, Bapak Ishak, 0811673000

Medi Herlianto, Director for Preparedness, BNPB BNPB has been involved in responding to Rohingya migrants’s needs. However, since the affected people are not due to a natural disaster, and also considering the upward tendency in the numbers of migrants, GoI is considering issuing a regulation in an effort to ensure accountability in use of the fund to support the local government.

Thomas Vargas, Country Director, UNHCR The situation is highly political and the issue will requirethe countries to work together to reach a comprehensive solution. Boat movements from Bangladesh and Myanmar have been going on for several years, and now the situation is getting worse. In the first quarter of 2015, around 25,000 people moved from Bangladesh and Myanmar. On 1 May, the Thailand government found mass

4 grave in southern Thailand in the area of a smuggler camp. As a result, the Thai authority closed the camp. Boats carrying people were abondened at sea by smugglers and traffickers . There are around 6,000 to 8,000 people still stranded at sea. GoI and people of Aceh and North Sumatera have done an amazing effort to rescue them and set an example to the international community. Some landed in Malaysia and Thailand. The estimates are very rough since it is very hard to track the number. The boat people in Aceh and North Sumatera consists of two main groups: the Bangladeshi (800 migrants) and around 1,000 Rohingya refugees. IOM is assisting the Bangladeshi migrants. They want to return to Bangladesh and need Bangladesh Government to provide travel documents. 18 Bangladeshis have already returned. UNHCR is dealing with the Rohingya refugees. Out of 1,000 refugees, more than 300 are unaccompanied children. Some children have their father/parents in Malaysia and UNHCR is working to reunite the children with their families. The unaccompanied children are not orphans so adoption is not an option. They are also families split up in six different sites in Aceh and North Sumatera. UNHCR has already requested to gather the families in Medan. The US delegation promised that they will continue with the current resettlement for the most vulnerable ones and GoI has agreed to have the refugees remain in their current location until along term solution could be found. The number of asylum seekers (around 13,000) is still manageable. However, we will need to have a comprehensive solution. Coordination is very important to avoid overlaps. There have been two key meetings: o Early May: between GoI-Malaysia-Thailand and issue a joint statement to address the root causes and to create temporary shelters. o End of May: around seventeen to nineteen countries discussed and highlighted the need to look into the root causes.

Islamic Relief (IR) IR has already received the commitment from donors to provide support for Rohingya migrants and will coordinate with MoFA, MoSA, and DirGen. Immigration. The support to be provided will be for the next three months in the form of foods for 1,600 people including supplementary feeding for children.

Humanitarian Forum Indonesia (HFI) The members of HFI has already working together to help Rohingya migrrants (Rumah Zakat, Dompet Dhuafa, MDMC, and PKPU). The plan is to provide support for one year.

PMI PMI with the support of ICRC has been providing telephone service to Rohingya migrants since 25 May 2015. The service is being provided with sworn translators to help the migrants.

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